Food Security is one of the major challenges confronting the world today. Food security, along with poverty eradication and ecological conservation, is one of the most significant elements of the millennium development goals. The thought of food security is delineated as that take account of both physical and economic admittance to food that congregate people's dietary needs as well as their food predilection. The World Food Conference 1974 resolved that the food security ensures adequate supplies and availability. Food security has become a significant issue across the world predominantly in developing countries like India. The Purpose of this paper is to analyse and emphasize the policies, issues and challenges for the food security in India.